ABSTRACT
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) brings together machines, advanced analytics and people. It is a network of monitoring devices and sensors that can supervise processes; collect, exchange and analyse data and use that information to continually adjust the manufacturing process. Passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are well-known electronic devices that could contribute to help the IIoT purpose, by providing an easy wireless identification way, normally used in short range applications. In this work, the use of these devices for longer range positioning is investigated. More specifically, one of the goals of the project is building an RFID indoor positioning system (IPS) prototype to be used in the context of the mould industry that allows the location of passive RFID tags in a range of 15 metres from the reader. One UHF RFID reader was mounted and tested in an industrial crane that can cover a large industrial zone.
